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Article

Religion in State Schools: Questioning, Rationale and Challenges in Spanish Law

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Zoila Combalía
Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Religions 2025, 16(12), 1489; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16121489
Submission received: 9 October 2025 / Revised: 18 November 2025 / Accepted: 19 November 2025 / Published: 25 November 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Religious Institutions in the Mediterranean: A Comparative Perspective)
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Abstract

In recent decades, Spain has witnessed a social and political debate regarding the justification and/or appropriateness of religious education in state schools. In this paper, after providing a brief description of the current situation, I will refer to the doubts and questions that have been raised about this area of teaching, as well as its legal basis and the social function it can perform. Finally, I will address some of the aspects or difficulties involved in its provision.
Keywords: religious education; neutrality of state schools; autonomy of religious denominations; religious education teachers religious education; neutrality of state schools; autonomy of religious denominations; religious education teachers

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Combalía, Z. Religion in State Schools: Questioning, Rationale and Challenges in Spanish Law. Religions 2025, 16, 1489. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16121489

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Combalía Z. Religion in State Schools: Questioning, Rationale and Challenges in Spanish Law. Religions. 2025; 16(12):1489. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16121489

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Combalía, Zoila. 2025. "Religion in State Schools: Questioning, Rationale and Challenges in Spanish Law" Religions 16, no. 12: 1489. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16121489

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Combalía, Z. (2025). Religion in State Schools: Questioning, Rationale and Challenges in Spanish Law. Religions, 16(12), 1489. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16121489

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